Temporary Permits to Be Extended By Mary Beth SheridanThe Bush administration has decided to grant a one-year extension of temporary permits allowing about 300,000 Salvadoran, Nicaraguan and Honduran immigrants to remain legally in the United States, officials said last night.

Friday, February 10, 2006

No breakthrough in postal strikeIn Northern IrelandThe Communications Workers Union has been considering an offer by Royal Mail to bring in a third party to help resolve the dispute.Further talks were held at the Labour Relations Agency on Thursday evening.

VW Warns Up to 20,000 Jobs Could Be CutBy By MATT MOORE, AP Business WriterVolkswagen AG said Friday that up to 20,000 jobs could be cut in the next three years as part of a restructuring plan to reduce costs and make Europe's biggest automaker more profitable. The announcement came as the company reported a preliminary 2005...

Delta Union to Strike if Pact RejectedBy By HARRY R. WEBER, AP Business WriterDelta Air Lines Inc. pilots will strike if their contract is thrown out as part of the carrier's attempt to impose $325 million in concessions, the chairman of the union's executive committee said Thursday. The chairman, Lee Moak, also told The...

Union Backs Off Deutsche Telekom DealBy By MATT MOORE, AP Business WriterThe German labor union ver.di on Thursday backed off a tentative agreement with Deutsche Telekom AG over the company's plans to cut thousands of jobs through 2008. Bonn-based Deutsche Telekom said in November that it planned to cut 32,000 jobs as part...

Jobless Claims Rise by 4,000 Last WeekBy By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics WriterThe number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits edged up slightly last week but remained at a level indicating a strong labor market. The Labor Department reported Thursday that 277,000 persons went to state unemployment offices last week to...

Oracle to lay off 2,000 peopleBy Carrie KirbyOracle detailed its plans to cut jobs in the wake of its $5.85 billion takeover of Siebel Systems, saying that 2,000 people -- culled from both firms -- will be let go. "The majority of the people being laid off are Oracle employees, not Siebel...

Unions call off BBC jobs strikesStrikes by hundreds of BBC production workers are called off after a new offer was tabled in a dispute over jobs. About 500 Bectu and National Union of Journalists members had been due to walk out on 15 and 23 February, threatening disruption to radio shows.

Lawsuit Tests Whistleblowers' ProtectionBy By ADAM GELLER, AP Business WriterWas Mark Livingston trying to blow the whistle on suspect corporate behavior, and protect his company's shareholders? Or was he making trouble? Next week, a judge in Greensboro, N.C. will parse through the story of Livingston and the company that fired...

EU Urges Free Movement of WorkersBy By JAN SLIVA, Associated Press WriterThe European Commission called Wednesday for an end to restrictions on the movement of workers within the European Union, arguing that old EU members who open their labor markets will not face an influx of migrants. Only three of the 15 old EU members...

Factories report falling ordersAbout 24,000 factory jobs are at risk over the next three months as UK manufacturers struggle with falling orders, business leaders warn. According to the CBI and research group Experian, a drop in domestic and export orders hit production throughout most of the UK in the last quarter of 2005.

Unemployment Rate Declines in JanuaryBy By JEANNINE AVERSA, AP Economics WriterEmployers stepped up hiring in January, boosting payrolls by 193,000 and lowering the nation's unemployment rate to 4.7 percent, the lowest since July 2001. The fresh snapshot of the jobs climate, released by the Labor Department on Friday, suggested...

Northwest Flight Attendants Offer ProposalBy By ALEKSANDRS ROZENS, AP Business WriterNorthwest Airlines flight attendants have offered to give up 1,553 jobs and accept a 22.5 percent pay cut, but the bankrupt airline's management has not responded to the proposal which was made on Tuesday, a union official said Friday. "We have gotten...

Thursday, February 02, 2006

Del Monte Stops Pineapple Growing in HawaiiAfter 90 years in the islands, Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. says it will cease pineapple operations in Hawaii in a little more than two years. Del Monte said it was no longer economically feasible to grow pineapple in Hawaii because it can be grown for...

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Bankrupt Calpine to lay off 300 workersBy By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Business WriterBankrupt power merchant Calpine Corp. on Wednesday disclosed plans to fire about 9 percent of its employees in a purge designed to trim its annual expenses by $50 million as it battles to recover from its financial woes. Besides jettisoning 300...

Plan OK for rich, healthyBy David LazarusWhen he leaves office in a couple of years, President Bush will continue to be covered by the Federal Employees Health Benefit plan, for which taxpayers pay up to 75 percent of costs. He'll also receive a pension of more than $180,000 a year and will be...

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